Lynden
#4,484 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lynden has been given to 2,272 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #4,484 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 41 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.
Babies named Lynden, 2025
1 in 144,000
Lynden over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Lynden over time
In 2025, Lynden went to 60% girls and 40% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Lynden?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 144,000
- 23 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 74,300
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #4,484
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 99,910 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lynden sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 99,910 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lynden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lyndens were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lynden was born before 1994 — so the typical Lynden is around 31 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 22.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 44.0%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,141
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 22.1% of all recorded uses (329).
Is Lynden rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,319
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +313
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,148
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.68×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 56.1%
- Peak was 2014 (41)
- Years since peak
- 11
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 18.3% average annual change
Spellings of Lynden
Lynden is not the most common spelling — Landon is, with 45.5% against Lynden's 0.36%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Lynden is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Lynden was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 829,626 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lynden has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Lynden is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Lynden was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,213,624 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Georgia1 in —
- 3Nebraska1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lynden has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lynden around the world
Where Lynden ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2025#4,275in 2025
- Canada1991–2024#1,817in 2024
- South Australia1945–2000#556in 2000
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Lynden by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Lynden
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lynden
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.